BIXTER GARAGE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC362464 · ltd · incorporated 2009-07-10
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 16.4y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Turnover
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year to Sept 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Sale of new cars and light motor vehicles
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 16.4y

65/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Oldest live charge is 16.4 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (2 active, 6 linked, 4 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
50 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Sept 2024Sept 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-09-302024-09-30
Average employees4400

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

🔒Filing-note intelligence

1 signal detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-08-19
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  3. 2025-08-19
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  4. 2025-06-27
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    NICOLSON, Kirsty Emma appointed
    director
  5. 2025-06-27
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    officers · AP01
  6. 2025-01-17
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  7. 2024-03-29
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  8. 2023-04-19
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    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-05-11
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    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-05-18
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    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-03-25
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  12. 2019-06-04
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    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-05-14
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    accounts · AA
  14. 2017-07-06
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    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-06-09
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  16. 2015-07-17
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  17. 2014-01-13
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    NICOLSON, Elaine resigned
    secretary
  18. 2014-01-13
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    NICOLSON, Elaine resigned
    director
  19. 2009-12-14
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Clydesdale Bank PLC
  20. 2009-07-10
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    Company incorporated
    As BIXTER GARAGE LIMITED
  21. 2009-07-10
    ➕
    NICOLSON, Martin George appointed
    director
  22. 2009-07-10
    ➕
    NICOLSON, Elaine appointed
    secretary
  23. 2009-07-10
    ➕
    NICOLSON, Elaine appointed
    director
  24. 2009-07-10
    ➕
    REDPATH, Denise appointed
    director
  25. 2009-07-10
    ➖
    REDPATH, Denise resigned
    director
  26. 2009-07-10
    ➕
    CS DIRECTOR SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-director
  27. 2009-07-10
    ➖
    CS DIRECTOR SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-director

Owner dependency

91/100
Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 69 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

29/100
Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — NICOLSON, Kirsty Emma (same surname) appointed 2025-06-27. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 69. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 17 years.
  • supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Martin George Nicolson
Individual · Scottish · DOB 09/1957 · age 69
75–100%
75–100%board controlsig. influence75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control · significant influence08/07/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2009-07-10
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC45111 — Sale of new cars and light motor vehicles

Registered office

Bixter
Shetland
ZE2 9NA

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-06-30
Last made up to: 2025-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-22
Last: 2025-07-08

Officers (2 active · 4 resigned)

NICOLSON, Kirsty Emma→
director · ~47y · appointed 2025-06-27
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Active
NICOLSON, Martin George→
director · ~69y · appointed 2009-07-10
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Active
NICOLSON, Elaine→
secretary · appointed 2009-07-10 · resigned 2014-01-13
Resigned
NICOLSON, Elaine→
director · ~68y · appointed 2009-07-10 · resigned 2014-01-13
Resigned
REDPATH, Denise→
director · ~70y · appointed 2009-07-10 · resigned 2009-07-10
Resigned
CS DIRECTOR SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-director · appointed 2009-07-10 · resigned 2009-07-10
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Virgin Money
Clydesdale Bank PLC
Floating charge1 property14/12/2009—
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Recent filings (50 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-04-02
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-08-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-19
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-08-19
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-06-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-01-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-03-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-04-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-05-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-05-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-07-08